For most of her adult life, Paige Davis has been acting, singing and dancing in roles as varied as playing the feather duster in "Beauty and the Beast" to the fame-obsessed Roxie Hart in Broadway's long-running "Chicago." But most would recognize her by a different kind of fancy footwork: as the upbeat host in TLC's hit series "Trading Spaces." On that popular DIY show she oversaw friends, relatives and neighbors who, in an act of blind trust and crossed fingers, redo parts of each other's homes. In the big reveal at the end of each episode, Davis was the friendly shoulder to cry on in emotional bursts of happiness — or shock. She also...

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